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Jennifer Lopezwill return to the big screen this fall in one of the roles she plays best: a street-smart New Yorker.
HerSecond Actcharacter, Queens resident Maya Vargas, has worked at big-box store The Value Shop for 15 years, so when she gets passed over for a well-deserved promotion in favor of a candidate with a college degree, she decides it’s time for the next step.
“She takes the opportunity to prove that street smarts can sometimes be more valuable than book smarts,” Lopez, 48, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue.
Maya has her heart set on succeeding in the corporate world with thesupport of her best friendJoan (Lopez’s real-life BFFLeah Remini).
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“We have an ease and natural chemistry that I think is reflected on screen,” the actress-singer says of Remini. “During filming, we’d try different things in different takes to make each other laugh, or push each other further. I’d go, ‘Do that thing you do,’ and then we’d just start riffing. We’d be totally off script, and having a ball.”
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Lopez hopes that after seeingSecond Actand witnessing Maya’s journey, fans will feel empowered. “It is a comedy for anyone who dreams big and asks, why not me?” she says.
Second Act,also starring Vanessa Hudgens and Treat Williams, hits theaters on Nov. 21.
source: people.com
